Lincoln Gap pass above the valley
— — the road climbs until the valley falls away.
Not only on a wall.
“A narrow notch over the spine of the Greens, where the Long Trail crosses a paved road for one of the few times in Vermont. The pass tops out at 2,424 feet, with the Mad River valley dropping east toward Warren and the New Haven River draining west toward Lincoln. The road closes for the winter. In late September the view from the saddle catches the first amber of foliage running south along the ridgeline. — from the studio
Lincoln Gap pass above the valley, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Lincoln Gap is a mountain pass on the main spine of the Green Mountains in central Vermont, crossing between the town of Lincoln on the west and Warren on the east. The summit elevation is 2,424 feet. Lincoln Gap Road, the paved town road that crosses it, is one of the few places in the state where a road actually meets the Long Trail. The Green Mountain National Forest holds the land on either side. The pass sits between Mount Abraham to the north and Mount Grant to the south.
From the saddle at the top of the gap, the Mad River valley falls east toward Warren and Waitsfield, and the New Haven River drains west through Lincoln toward Bristol. On clear mornings the ridge of Camel's Hump is visible to the north along the Long Trail. The pass is exposed enough that wind moves through the gap most days even when the valleys are still. A small dirt pull-off at the top serves both directions of road traffic and the Long Trail trailhead.
Lincoln Gap Road is closed from roughly late October to mid-May, when snow and the steep grades make the route impassable for ordinary vehicles. The western approach from Lincoln carries pitches of 24 percent, among the steepest sustained paved grades in Vermont. The shoulder season either side of the closure draws cyclists who climb the gap as a benchmark ride. Peak foliage in the surrounding hills usually runs from the last week of September through the first week of October.